Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

HEATHROW SPECIAL NEEDS CENTRE

To help those with disabilities and special needs, young offenders, those recovering from alcohol or substance abuse and those suffering conditions such as dementia or strokes by the provision of facilities, activities and educational training in London and the home counties. To provide disabled people with the opportunity to ride and/or carriage drive to benefit their health and wellbeing

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£86	£78	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/12/21	£70	£71	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/12/20	£77	£98	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/12/19	£107	£98	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/12/18	£98	£100	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	23
31/12/17	£87	£101	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£82	£79	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£74	£92	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£50	£40	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.heathrowspecialneedscentre.org

secretary@heathrowspecialneedscentre.org

01932220817

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Animals
Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
18 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Co-Operative Group	£6,310
National Lottery Community Fund	£5,000
CAF	£4,000
DCMS	£3,500
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Heathrow Special Needs Centre
£1,796	21/10/2023	We'd like to buy equipment to progress our activity of horticulture and gardening, where disadvantaged people can receive proven therapeutic benefits from growing plants and vegetables.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support project for people with disabilities and special needs
£5,000	04/02/2022	The funding will be used to provide farm and animal related activities to people with disabilities and special needs as well as young offenders looking to turn their lives around. The project aims ....more The funding will be used to provide farm and animal related activities to people with disabilities and special needs as well as young offenders looking to turn their lives around. The project aims for people to develop skills combat loneliness enable people to become more physically active and engaged in social cohesion in the local community.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Heathrow Special Needs Centre - 14/01/21
£1,000	22/01/2021	Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Heathrow Special Needs Centre
£4,514	24/10/2020	It will provide horse-riding lessons with proven therapeutic benefits for people with disabilities and special needs.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£3,500	23/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Heathrow Special Needs Centre
£4,000	09/06/2020 3	Grant to Heathrow Special Needs Centre to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW HUXSTED Appointed: 2021

BERNARD CHARLES STACEY Appointed: 2013

DAMIAN JAMES PEARSON ACMA CGMA Appointed: 2013

DORIAN GRANT MEAD NCH ARB (Chair) Appointed: 2013

KENNETH HARRY TINSLAY Appointed: 2013

BASIL PATRICK MILES Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeships: SCHOOL OR CHURCH LAND, GOSS CROFT COMMUNITY HALL,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2014, number: 1155421

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

42 GLEBELAND GARDENS
SHEPPERTON
TW17 9DH

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS IN PARTICULAR AND YOUNG OFFENDERS, THOSE RECOVERING FROM ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THOSE SUFFERING CONDITIONS SUCH AS DEMENTIA OR STROKES BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING IN LONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES.2. TO PROVIDE DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AND/OR CARRIAGE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

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